Sanitary drinking apparatus.



A. E. GARLAND. I SANITARY DRINKING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC]. 19, 19l 0.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

ALBERT E. GABLAND, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SANITARY DRINKING nrreaarus.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, rear.

Application filed December 19, 1910. Serial No. 598 ,142.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ALBERT E. GAaLANo, a citizen of the United States, residing at 'Boston, in the. county of Suffolk and State ened open opposite end, means for securing said broadened open end pivotally to the faucet, means for holding the device in position for use, and a construction whereby when the device is reversed so that the cup is in a downward position the cover will swing by gravity under and next the month of the cup. As this device can be applied to any ordinary faucet, such-as is used in connectionwith set-bowls or basins, the employment of a bubbler is unnecessary.

' In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts :Figure l is a view partly in section and partly in elevation showing my apparatus applied to a faucet in connection with abas'in or bowl, and in position for use, portions being represented as broken out. Fig, 2 is an elevation looking toward the left of the drinking-cup with the cover in a closed position, and a portion of the tube extending therefrom. Fig.3 is an elevation lookingtoward the left of the flaring or enlarged opposite end of said tube, that is,tlie end which directly receives the water from the faucet.

a represents an ordinary bowl or basin, and b a faucet secured in position with relation thereto in the ordinary manner, 0 being the nozzle of the faucet. g

d represents an ordinary clamp having jaws 6' whereby a bolt may be employed to securesaid clamp rigidly to the downwardly extending portion or nozzle 0 of the faucet. Pivoted at f to said clamp on opposite sides thereof are two arms g the lower ends of required. After drinking,

when the device is in position for use bears against the under side of the horizontal por tion of the faucet, and when in such position the open upper ends of the portion and the cup-m are on substantially horizontal planes. The cup has secured to its outer side or wall a pair of cars go supporting a horizontal pivot g onwhich near its opposite ends are vertically swinging arms 1" whose outer ends are rigidly connected with and support a flat cover 8 of size'and shape to completely cover the upper end of the drinking-cup. In order to prevent lateral movement of the arms 1", suitable sleeves tsurround the pivot 9 between the arms and the ears 2). A sub-- stantially triangular stop-platen is secured to the inner or underside of the cover 8.

In practice, when the device is to be used as a drinking-cup, it is in the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 1, in whir it rests with the drinking-cup m in}; hormontal position by means ,of'the vertical-extension n; The cover .9 is swungawayfroln the mouth of the cup and rests in an approximately vertical position by means of .the stop-plate u whose edge 0) rests on the upper edge of the drinking cup m. The cup may then be used for drinking purposes as the water flows through it from the nozzle, and it is evident that the ordinary bubbler is not the user swings the apparatus up into. the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the cover 8 swinging downwardby gravity, and the device is left with the cover closed under and against the cup and resting on a portion of the faucet. While the apparatus is being reversed it is evident that the water drains out both from the cup-and the portion 70, and can continue to drain out through the portion A: after the device has been placed in the position illustrated in dotted lines. The cup when not in use is thus .pr t'ectcd b] the cover. When it is swung in oiposition for use the cover swings into theposition illus' trated in full lines in Fig. 1 and the water is allowed to flow through the tube Z and into and out of the cup which can be, of course, need without the lips touching the cup itself.

Having thus fully described my invention,

,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i

1. A sanitary drinking-apparatus adapted to be pivotally connected with a faucet, comprising a drinkingcup, a receptacle for l-lti receiving water directly from. the faucet, a rigid tubular connection between said receptacle and-cup, and an upward extension on said receptacle adapted to rest against the under side of the faucet, whereby the cup is held by gravity in position for use.

2. In a sanitary drinking apparatus, a receptacle adapted to be pivotally sustained by a faucet in position to receive water therefrom, a drinking-cup, a tubular connection between said receptacle and cup adapted to sustain the latter in position for use, and a cover hinged to the cup and adapted to 'be swung by gravity under and against the mouth of the-cup when the apparatus'is reversed. v

3. In a sanitary drinking-apparatus, a receptacle adapted to be pivotally sustained by a faucet in position to receive water therefrom, a drinking-cup, a tubular connection between said receptacle and cup adapt ed tosustain the latter in position for use, a cover hinged to the cup,and a stop or rest intermediate of the cover and cup and adapted when the cup is in position for use to support the dover at one side of the cup, said cover when the apparatus is reversed by swinging it=in a vertical line over upon the faucet being adapted to swing under and close said cup.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT E. GARLAND.

Witnesses:

W. S. PINKHAM, M. A. A'rwooo. 

